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Angle Explains How She's Raised Millions Through Conservative Media Interviews

Eric Kleefeld | September 22, 2010, 2:15PM

US Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R-NV)

Nevada Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle has previously explained her preference for doing interviews with conservative media outlets, on the grounds that those places will allow her to ask their viewers for campaign donations. But now, in a newly revealed private recording, she has gone even further -- and itemized the takes she's gotten from this very strategy.

As Jon Ralston reports, audio from an Angle house party event shows the candidate talking about how lucrative appearances on Fox News and talk radio have been. "When I get a friendly press outlet -- not so much the guy that's interviewing me -- it's their audience that I'm trying to reach," Angle says. "So, if I can get on Rush Limbaugh, and I can say, 'Harry Reid needs $25 million. I need a million people to send twenty five dollars to SharronAngle.com.' The day I was able to say that [even], he made $236,000 dollars. That's why it's so important."

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DNC Outraises RNC By $3M In August

Marc Kilstein | September 21, 2010, 3:58PM

RNC Chairman Michael Steele

With elections approaching, the national Democrats can perhaps find some comfort in being ahead of Republicans in at least one aspect of the campaign -- fundraising.

The Democratic National Committee out-raised its GOP counterpart, the Republican National Committee, by approximately $3 million in the month of August. The DNC raised $10.9 million last month, whereas Republicans raised $7.9 million. This gives the DNC around $13.4 million in cash on hand; the RNC has about $4.7 million cash on hand. It should be noted, however, that the DNC has $8.4 million in debt, versus the RNC's debt of $1.2 million.

As we reported yesterday, last month the DCCC out-raised the NRCC on the House side of the campaign, and the DSCC outdid the NRSC in fundraising for Senate races.

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National Dem Committees Raising More Money Than GOP

Eric Kleefeld | September 20, 2010, 6:57PM

Clockwise: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

The national Democratic Congressional campaign arms are headed into the home stretch of the campaign bringing in more money than their GOP counterparts -- numbers that could potentially make the difference in key races.

On the House side, the DCCC out-raised the NRCC in August, by a margin of $8.32 million for the Dems to $6.64 million for House Republicans. The DCCC remains way ahead in cash on hand, with $39 million to the NRCC's $25.6 million.

For the Senate, the DSCC edged the NRSC in August, with $7.42 million for the Dems to $6.05 million for the GOP. However, the NRSC has slightly more money on hand, with $24.5 million against the DSCC's $22.92 million.

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O'Donnell's Fundraising Skyrockets

Eric Kleefeld | September 17, 2010, 11:06AM

Delaware Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Christine O'Donnell's website

Christine O'Donnell's national profile since her stunning win in the Delaware Republican Senate primary has generated a lot more than just laughter and bad poll numbers: Perhaps even more importantly, it's also brought in a lot of money from the conservative faithful.

O'Donnell's website shows that her campaign has quickly blown through post-primary fundraising goals, and has now set a target of $1.5 million. As of this writing, they are at $1,400,074.01.

[TPM SLIDESHOW: Christine O'Donnell: Anti-Masturbation Crusader. Witchcraft Dabbler. Republican Senate Nominee.]

The TPM Poll Average gives Democratic nominee Chris Coons a lead of 52.2%-38.8%. But to be sure, O'Donnell's fundraising certainly does give her the means to reach out to voters and try to catch up.

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Obama Sends $4.5 Million To Dem Committees

Eric Kleefeld | September 9, 2010, 12:00PM

President Barack Obama

President Obama has spread some more campaign wealth around the Democratic Party -- using $4.5 million that was left over from his mega-successful 2008 campaign operation to infuse the party's national campaign arms.

Politico reports that the money has come from funds that had been set aside for legal expenses to shut down the campaign: "As soon as it was determined that these funds were no longer needed for the shutdown of the campaign, the president directed that $1.5 million be transferred to each of the following committees: DCCC, DSCC and DNC. Obama for America earlier in the cycle had transferred $8 million, which was split between the DCCC and the DSCC."